St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-18

LII
Boston Gazette.
Johnny" said the Sunday school
teacher, what is our duty to our neigh
bOrS?" $40 ask 'em to tea soon as they
get settled" said Johnny.
QUOD Frat DEMONSTRANDUM.
Elmira Gazette.
Mamma" what is -blind?'
asked little Nell. Inability to tell one
color from another, my dear" "Ihen
l guess the man that made my geog-
raphy is color-blind, because he's got
Greenland down painted yellow.
A REGRETTED EMIGRATION.
Duluth Photographer.
A Duluth fOur-year- old hopeful who
was receiving an application of the cor
receive rod looked up to his offended
mother, who had told him of his pre-
historic whereabouts, and said. ION,
mamma, wish I'd stayed in heaven"
IN JUVENILE NATURAL HISTORY CLASS.
Binghamton Republican.
Professor-''ThOmaS, how many toed
is a toad?'
Thomas Gnterrogativelv - to gain
timee'sTree toad?'
mo, four. Its posterior feet contain
five. You have evidently neglected
your lesson, sir"
ROBERTS STORY.
Concord Monitor.
Little eight-year-old Robert at the
breakfast table the other day heard his
father and mother exchange the cOmpll-
ments of the morning with their guests
until he could stand it no longer, and
interrupted them with: Papa, let me
tell my tory now. l want some hash.p
REDUCTION OBJECTED TO.
/ Pittsburg Chronicle.
A little fellow of four years went to a
blacksmith to see his fathers horse
ShOd, and was watching the work OF the
Shoeing. The blacksmith began to pare
the horses hoOf, and thinking this
wrong, the little boy said, earnestly:
: 6 My pa don't want his horse made any
smaller"
r. A POSSIBLE DOUBLE AFFLICTION.
Detroit Free Press.
There is to be circus in Windsor late
a certain small five-year-old boy yester-
day promised him that he should see it.
An hour later he came to her knee with
a very grave face, and said: Mamma,
/ hope that you wont die before the cir
Gus comes"
THE CREATORS HABITATION.
Binghamton Republican.
A little girl who is kept indoors pretty
much all the time by her unwisely eau
tious parents, and who dearly loves the
sunshine, the songs of birds, flowers,
ETC.. thOughtfully remarked to her
mother one day that her idea of heaven
was big house where the inside of ev-
cry room was outdoors.
BUGS THEORETICALLY CONSIDERED.
Albany journal.
A little Albany girl who was watching
her father putting ''Slug shot, on some
potato plants the other day to kill the
bugs, asked him if God made potato
bugs. He replied that He did, when she
puzzled him by the question: ''Well,
why didn't he make them eat those
nasty thistles and leave the potatoes
alone?"
TO BE KEPT IN THE FAMILY.
Louisville Post
A legal gentleman here has two little
boys who have been visiting their grand
fathers plantation in the South, and in
lating on their future fortunes. ''l'm
going to be farmer" said one, land
raise lots of cotton"
''Well," said the other, "I'm going to
be lawyer, like papa, and steal it all
away from you"
PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE SURPLUS.
Fort Worth Crex.) Colonel.
Johnny Bilfinger, of this city, is a
sturdy little urchin of six. He has
eleven brothers and sisters, and oft
times when shoes and frOckS, coats and
pants are scarce Johnny seems to regret
that he is not an only and favored child.
Several days ago his mother brought
home few luscious oranges. She gave
them to the three youngest children,
and Johnny came into the room just as
the last orange was disappearing adown
the rosy mouth of a younger brother. A
sharp look of disappointment 'erSpread
JOhnny's face, and he said: Mamma,
why don't we have funerals at our
! house? Pm sure we have children
enough"
HOW SHE SPELLED IT.
Chicago Tribune.
A little girl, who with her parents is
spending the summer at Chautauqua,
writes to her cousin in this city. She
makes the singular mistake of spelling
the name of that famous resort "Shaw,
| talk away"
WANTED TO GO TO THE CIRCUS,
Detroit Free Press.
There is to be circus in Windsor late
in the present month and the mother of
certain small five-year-old boy yester-
day promised him that he should see it.
An hour later he came to her knee
with very grave face and said:
Mamma, hope that you won't die
before the circus comes"
BABY LOUISE.
Detroit Pree Press.
A lady living In Detroit was called
suddenly to Adrian, Mich, to wait on a
sick relative, leaving her own little fam
lily at home. Before she could return
her little child was taken i'll, but as it
had good care and a faithful doctor, the
mother remained in Adrian, telephOning
every few hours to know how baby
Louise" was. At last, in response to
the mothers question, little sick voice
at the other end of the telephone feebly
answered:
'Me better, mamma; Baby 'ouise all
yite now"
Baby's home-sick mother took the
next train for Detroit.
LITTLE EDITH'S MINISTRATION.
Boston Courier.
A touching little incident comes to us
of young mother who was hOpelesSly
ill, but quite unconscious of her condi-
ton. One afternoon her physician held
consultation. and afterwards an
nOunced the sad fact that she had but a
short time to live to the husband and
the sister of the patient. The four eX-
changed opinions as to the wisdom of
telling her, and were quite unmindfnl
of little Edith, the only child of the dy-
ing mother, five years old. who was
busily playing with her dolls, appar-
emily unconscious of what was going ON
about her. But, in few minutes,
the little Edith left her toys,
walkpd SIowly unStairS and went